Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures operating in his Department for identifying when a Bill requires a poverty impact and or regulatory impact analysis and when it is exempt; the procedures for conducting and publishing that analysis, when applicable; and if he will identify, by rank or position, the officials responsible for managing and making decisions on this process. [33984/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department undertakes Regulatory Impact Analyses and Poverty Impact Assessments in accordance with the relevant guidelines. Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIA) are carried out in accordance with the latest guidelines published by the Department of the Taoiseach and Poverty Impact Assessments (PIA) are carried out in accordance with the latest guidelines for such assessments published by the Department of Social Protection. PIAs are integrated within the RIA process, which includes a specific requirement to examine the impacts of regulatory proposals on the socially excluded and vulnerable groups.

Principal Officers in my Department are responsible for managing and making decisions on both processes. Assessments are normally published either on my Department's website or on the Department of the Taoiseach's website.